Trout season is over for the year and the wait begins for a new one to begin next April. Those who have followed this column are no doubt well-aware that for 17 years or more I have written an end-of-season column. There are probably some readers already moaning: “Please, no not another one.”
Trout season is over for the year, and the wait begins for a new one to begin next April.
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